The Emergence Machine

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a software.digital that make a device do something with information.knowledge

program.digital · forms: program, programmed, programming, programs

Examples

Emergence

from: software information
through: software.digital and information.knowledge together make a device do

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasprogramL18 program.digital: a software.digital that make a device do something with information.knowledgerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placedeviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowsurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarypartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is indataL7 data.information: a set of pieces of informationmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencessoftwareL17 software.digital: Data arranged in a regular pattern that enables a device to function.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromprogramL18program.digital — a software.digital that make a device do something with information.knowledgesoftwareL17software.digital — Data arranged in a regular pattern that enables a device to function.informationL6information.knowledge — a pattern of marks that are differencesE0 concrete → E14 abstract

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6